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Watch former senator Arlen Specter do stand-up comedy

Watch former senator Arlen Specter do stand-up comedy

By | December 28, 2011 at 12:35 pm | 5 comments

Politicians usually work the crowd, fishing for votes,but last night during an open-mic night at Helium Comedy Club in Philly, former Sen. Arlen Specter worked the room, trawling for laughs, and he caught a cadre of lawmakers in his net. A Republican during most of his...

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Laughspin re-imagines classic Disney movies as porn flicks (you’re welcome)

Laughspin re-imagines classic Disney movies as porn flicks (you’re welcome)

By | September 16, 2011 at 11:05 am | 5 comments

Editor's note: Listen, we're not usually the one's trying to make you laugh. And, honestly, we're not going to make a habit out of it because, frankly, we respect comedians too much to try to tread on their ground. But this just had to be done. So, hopefully you get a few laughs...

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Check out the new parody-tastic Muppets movie trailer

Check out the new parody-tastic Muppets movie trailer

By | September 15, 2011 at 12:12 pm | One comment

The people pulling the strings on The Muppets are cleverly yanking our chains in the trailer for the upcoming movie of the same name: The comedy unabashedly cadges the music, style and thrilling pulse of the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trailer and also seems to shout...

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Christopher Titus: Neverlution

By | June 23, 2011 at 2:01 pm | No comments

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players…auditioning for another sequel to Jackass: Yup, that about summarizes the thesis of Neverlution, Christopher Titus’ latest riotous eruption from Comedy Central Records (available on June 28). The companion...

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Christopher Titus: “Neverlution” (Review)

By | June 23, 2011 at 1:44 pm | No comments

All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players…auditioning for another sequel to Jackass: Yup, that about summarizes the thesis of Neverlution, Christopher Titus’ latest riotous eruption from Comedy Central Records (available on June 28). The companion...

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Norm Macdonald: Me Doing Standup

By | June 16, 2011 at 10:42 am | No comments

Only a certain kind of comic can adventurously open his set with a death riff. For lack of a better word (because there is no other word, until now), we will call this sort of confidently kooky comedian: grimsical. Yeah, yeah: half grim, half whimsical. Norm Macdonald acts...

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Norm Macdonald: “Me Doing Standup” (Review)

By | June 16, 2011 at 10:28 am | No comments

Only a certain kind of comic can adventurously open his set with a death riff. For lack of a better word (because there is no other word, until now), we will call this sort of confidently kooky comedian: grimsical. Yeah, yeah: half grim, half whimsical. Norm Macdonald acts...

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Cedric the Entertainer to host game show, “It’s Worth What?” on NBC

By | June 13, 2011 at 4:57 pm | No comments

Anyone rushing to the patent office to protect your idea for a game show that combines Antique Roadshow with The Price Is Right, take a breather: NBC beat you to the window. Beginning July 12, comedian Cedric the Entertainer will host It’s Worth What?, “a game show,” the...

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Andrew Norelli: Cut Above Stupid

By | June 3, 2011 at 4:09 pm | No comments

If Andrew Norelli raced for a living, he’d drive a dragster instead of an Indy car. Hey, he prefers straight lines to curves. He seldom veers off the worn but proven path to laughs, but the skill to take the audience on an amusing ride from Point A to Point B makes Norelli an...

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